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Nearest Communities to Prairie Elk,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Prairie Elk, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Prairie Elk:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Prairie Elk.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Prairie Elk is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day McCone County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McCone County: Dawson, Garfield, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Prairie Elk. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than McCone County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Prairie Elk (which is McCone County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Prairie Elk

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • McCone County   (where Prairie Elk resides)
    • County Website:   https://mcconecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for McCone:   Circle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Elk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Elk.
      • Sand Creek ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Sand Creek is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
      • Weldon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Weldon is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
      • Hamblin ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hamblin is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
      • Pearmond ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Pearmond is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearmond
      • Rodgers Hill
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rodgers Hill is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Hill
      • Presserville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Presserville is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presserville
      • Vida
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Coal Creek ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Coal Creek is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
      • Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Lost Creek ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lost Creek is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
      • Redwater ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Redwater is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
      • Circle
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cactus Flat ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cactus Flat is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
      • McCone City ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • McCone City is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCone City
  • Dawson County
  • Garfield County
  • Roosevelt County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.valleycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Glasgow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prairie Elk   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prairie Elk.
      • Oswego
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Oswego is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
      • Frazer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kintyre
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Kintyre is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kintyre
      • Wiota ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Wiota is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prairie Elk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prairie Elk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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